Validation of the Dutch version of the Multidimensional Adolescent Functioning Scale (MAFS)

Table 6 Correlations of the MAFS scales with other measures

Sample	External measures	MAFS Total	MAFS General	MAFS Family	MAFS Peer
Total	SDQ Difficulties	−0.45	− 0.41	−0.34	− 0.27
	SDQ Prosocial	0.33	0.29	0.23	0.27
	GVSG Parents	0.50	0.42	0.53	0.25
	GVSG Friends	0.48	0.30	0.22	0.57
	WHO total	0.52	0.50	0.38	0.26
	Happiness	0.42	0.40	0.38	0.16
	School grade	0.31	0.28	0.25	0.12
	Sick days	−0.01^n.s.	−0.07^n.s.	−0.06^n.s.	0.04^n.s.
Male	SDQ Difficulties	−0.42	−0.34	− 0.29	−0.30
	SDQ Prosocial	0.39	0.33	0.39	0.23
	GVSG Parents	0.47	0.39	0.47	0.23
	GVSG Friends	0.48	0.35	0.20	0.58
	WHO total	0.48	0.49	0.33	0.20
	Happiness	0.44	0.41	0.36	0.21
	School grade	0.31	0.28	0.24	0.13^n.s.
	Sick days	0.10^n.s.	0.05^n.s.	−0.05^n.s.	0.11^n.s.
Female	SDQ Difficulties	−0.48	−0.45	− 0.38	−0.28
	SDQ Prosocial	0.27	0.26	0.15	0.22
	GVSG Parents	0.50	0.43	0.55	0.26
	GVSG Friends	0.45	0.27	0.20	0.53
	WHO total	0.57	0.51	0.42	0.35
	Happiness	0.45	0.41	0.40	0.19
	School grade	0.30	0.28	0.26	0.09^n.s.
	Sick days	−0.08^n.s.	−0.13	−0.07^n.s.	−0.03^n.s.

MAFS = Multidimensional Adolescent Functioning Scale, GVSG = Groningse Vragenlijst Sociaal Gedrag, SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, WHO = WHO Well-being Index
^n.s. Non-significant correlations. All other correlations significant at p < 0.05

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